Lately, I can't help finding myself sitting back and watching people throw big temper tantrums when they don't bowl well. Instead of just understanding and accepting that you win some and you lose some, they throw a fit like a 5 year old. For instance, a couple of bowlers I have been watching purposely try and kick their foot over the foul senser whenever they miss a spare. Why do it? It makes no sense. Do they feel that doing this is going to help them forget about it? I also have seen several people lately throw a bad ball and kick the ball return. Hell, the ball return didn't do anything to them, why kick it. Don't destroy the lane providers things just because your not happy. Man, it just erks me. I also hate it when everyone blames there bad bowling on poor lane conditions. Hell, if you are that good, you could bowl on anything. I never hear the pros complaining that the lanes are messed up and it is impossible to bowl well. Good bowlers can adjust, make changes to their technique, adjust angles. If you are struggling on certian conditions than use it has a learning experience. I heard a bowler once tell me that the lanes somewhere were too dry because all of the balls he has hooked too much. I have personally observed this bowler bowl at the particular house for years and I have never seen him throw a ball outside of a 5-10 board range. Always straight down and in. Sometimes you have to move across and play a deep angle. I have never considered myself to be a great bowler. I have good days and bad days and sometimes great days. I admit that just like many others I get frustrated, but I keep it to myself and gear my feelings towards trying to search for a solution. All I ask is if you are not bolwing well than please epress you frustration in a more tasteful manner. This sports is and learning process. It is not supposed to be easy.










I see this in every house I bowl in and I can only attribute it to the fact that too many people want instant gratification from bowling. There are alot of people who do this and unfortunately they get away with it because nobody has the balls to tell them to grow up. I shake my head at them and hope one day they will get mouthy and threaten me so I can watch them get ejected one by one from the leagues. Unfortunately this seems to be the only way the rest of these people will get the point. As I tell the kids, the true sign of a champion is not how they handle their victories, it is how they handle their losses.
TheUberMonkey10:08 AM CST